the exact expression of the disposition of Jesus - Oswald Chambers

Jesus Christ is infinitely bigger than any of my experiences, but if in my experiences I am coming to know Him better, then the expression will come out in the life, and its sign is the fruit of the Spirit - "love, joy, peace..." The fruit of the Spirit is the exact expression of the disposition of Jesus.

 

Oswald Chambers 1874-1917

Wake up and go to Work - DL Moody

Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Eph 5:14

 

When we as children of God wake up and go to work in the vineyard, then those who are living in wickedness all about us will be reached; but not in any other way. You may go to mass meetings and discuss the question of "How to reach the masses," but when you have done with discussion you have to go back to personal effort. Every man and woman who loves the Lord Jesus Christ must wake up to the fact that he or she has a mission in the world, in this work of reaching the lost.

 

Taken from the book To The Work by DL Moody 1837-1899

 

It is Said of Caesar - Thomas Brooks

It is said of Caesar, that 'he had greater care of his books than of his royal robes,' for swimming through the waters to escape his enemies, he carried his books in his hand above the waters, but lost his robes. Ah, what are Caesar's books to God's books?

Taken from the book Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices

by Thomas Brooks 1652

The Way to Avoid a National Desolation - Edmund Calamy

There is no way to avoid a national desolation but by a national reformation.

Edmund Calamy 1600-1666

August 17, 1662

By Peace he Destroys Many - JC Ryle

It becomes all professing Christians to be much on their guard against flattery. We mistake greatly if we suppose that persecution and hard usage are the only weapons in Satan's armory. That crafty foe has other engines for doing us mischief, which he knows well who to work. He knows how to poison souls by the world's seductive kindness, when he cannot frighten them by the fiery dart and the sword. Let us not be ignorant of his devices. By peace he destroys many.

 

Taken from the book Expository Thoughts on the Gospels by J.C. Ryle 1856

As Much Now as at First - Robert Murray McCheyne

You need the blood of Jesus as much now as at first. You never can stand before God in yourself. You must go again and again to be washed. Even on your dying bed, you must hide under Jehovah, our righteousness. You must also lean on Jesus. He alone can overcome the sin in you. Draw nearer and nearer to Him every day.

 

Taken from the book The Best of Robert Murray McCheyne

Robert Murray McCheyne 1813-1843

Everywhere in His Word - E.M. Bounds

Everywhere in His Word, God's actions and attitude are shaped by prayer. To quote all the scriptural passages that prove the immediate, direct, and personal relation of prayer to God would be to transfer whole pages of the Scripture to this study.

 

E.M. Bounds 1835-1913